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E. E. MANN. TENT.

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Patented Dec. 25,, 1888'.

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E. MANN. TENT.

No. 395,248 Patented Dec. 25, 1888;

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UNITED STATES EricE.

PATENT EDGAR EBENEZER MANN, OF LAXVRENCE, MASSACHFSETTITS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,245, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed October 22, 1888. fierial No. 288,745. (No model.)

0 (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR EBENEZER MANN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and. State of lllassachnsetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tents, of which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to an improvement in tents; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object is to provide a tent which may be readily pitched and as readily struck and folded into a compact form for transportation, and which shall be light and cheap, simple in construction, and exceedingly strong and durable.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l. is an elevation of a tent embodying my improvement, showing the same in position when pitched. Fig. is a similar view showing the tent fold 1. Fig. is a vertical elevation of the tent nne when the same is pitched, the tent covering or canvas being removed. Fig. i is a similar view when the tent is folded. Figs. 5 and U are detail views of parts of my invention.

A represents the center post, the lower portion of which is square in cross-section and the upper portion of which is reduced and is also square incross-seetion, as at l Seen red to the upper end of the pole is a cap, l3, on the lower side of which is secured a rectangular plate, C.

D represents a series of radial arms which have their upper ends secured to the under side of the plate 0 by means of hinges E, which adapt the said arms to be folded inwardly against the pole A, as will be readily un d erstood.

pole when the slide is moved upward thereon, and the outer ends of the said arms G are beveled and connected on their upper sides to the inner sides of the arms l) by means of hinges l. Consequently when the slide F is moved upward on the pole the arms D are withdrawn to the position represented in Fig. 4.

K represents a series of supporting-posts, which have their upper ends beveled to adaptthem to [it snugly against the inner sides of the arms D, and the upper ends of posts K are connected to the outer ends of said arms D by means of hinged links L. 4

M represents hooks, which are pivoted on the posts K, nearthe upper ends thereof, and are adapted to engage keepers or arms N, with which the arms D are provided, and thereby lock the said posts K to the said arms when the tent is pitched.

Hinged to the inner sides of the posts K, at a suitable distance from the lower ends thereof, are brackets O, which are adapted to support seat-bmmls, which may be thus ar ranged around the sides of the tent. The lower ends of the posts K have plates P,which are pro videdwith loops or keepers R, :in which are guided vertically-movable pins S, that are adapted to be driven intothe ground to secure the lower ends of the posts K thereto when the tent is pitched. On opposite sides of the lower end of the tent-pole A are secured vertical plates T, which have loops or guides U, which engage and retain verticallyniovablc pins V, the latter being thereby adapted to be driven into the ground to se cure the pole A in position.

\V represents drop-tables, which are hinged to the sides of pole A, at a suitable distance from the lower end thereof. To the under sides of the said drop-tables are hinged sup- Imrting-arms X, the lower ends of which. are adapted to engage notches Y in the sides of the pole, and thereby support the tables in a horizontal position.

Z represents a vertical rod, which depends from the slide F and bears against one side of thepole. The said rodhas a horizontal arm, A, at its lower end, and has a recessor notch, B at the junction of said rod and arm.

C represents a guide-loop, which is secured to one side of the pole and engages the rod Z, and D represents a pin or stud, which projects from the said pole and is adapted to engage the notch B when the slide is moved upward on the pole in order to strike or fold the tent, and thereby lock the said roil to the pole, as will be readily understood.

By unhookin g the hooks M, the posts K may be swung outward and upward and caused to bear against the outer side of the arms D, and thereby reduce the tent to the smallest possible compass when the same is folded. Straps E may be then passed around the outer sides of the said posts and buckled, as shown in Fig. 2.

F represents a flag-staff, the lower end of which is adapted to be inserted in a socket in the upper end of cap B.

The brace-arms G are provided on their lower sides with hooks G, from which hammocks or other articles may be suspended.

A tent thus constructed will be found of great utility by tourists, soldiers, and persons who spend an out-of-door life; may be readily pitched and as readily folded into a compact bundle, and is sut'ficiently light to render it Very portable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, in a tent, of a center pole, the arms D, having their upper ends pivotally connected thereto, whereby said arms are adapted to fold inward against said pole, the slide F, movable vertically on the pole, the brace-arms G, having their inner ends pivoted or hinged to said slide and their outer ends hinged to the arms D, the side posts, K, and the link-hinges L, connecting the upper ends of said posts to the outer ends of arms D, whereby the posts K are adapted to depend from the arms D and to rest upon the ground, substantially as described.

2. In a tent, the combination of the center pole having the reduced upper portion and provided with the stud D, the arms D, having their upper ends pivotally connected to the upper end of the pole, the slide F, mova' ble Vertically on the reduced upper portion of the pole, the arms G, hinged to said slide and having their extreme outer ends hinged to the arms D, the depending posts K, hinged to the outer ends of arms D, and the rod Z, secured to and depending from the slide and having the notch B, adapted .to engage the stud D, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described 3. The combination, in a tent, of the center pole, the arms D, having their upper ends pivotally connected thereto, the slide movable vertically on the pole, the brace-arms connecting said arms D to the slide, the depending side posts, K, and the link-hinges L, connecting the upper ends of said posts to the outer ends of arms D, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a tent, of the arms D with the posts H, the link-hinges L, connecting the outer ends of arms D to the upper ends of said posts, and the hooks to secure said posts to said arms, substantially as described.

5. The combination,in a tent, of the center pole, the arms D, having their upper ends pivotally connected thereto, the slide movable vertically on the pole, the brace-arms G, having their outer ends hinged to arms D and their inner ends hinged to the slide, the depending side posts, K, the hinges L, connecting the upper ends of said posts to the outer ends of arms D, for the purpose set forth, the hooks M, pivoted to the posts K near their upper ends, and the eyes or keepers N in the arms D, adapted to be engaged by the hooks, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR EBENEZER MANN.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN C. SANBORN, ARETAS R. SANBORN. 

